MolluscaBase name details
Distortrix simillima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †
1746772 (urn:lsid:marinespecies.org:taxname:1746772)
unaccepted > superseded combination
Species
Distortrix Link, 1807 accepted as Distorsio Röding, 1798
marine, brackish, fresh, terrestrial
fossil only
(of Triton simillimus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 48 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
MolluscaBase eds. (2025). MolluscaBase. Distortrix simillima (G. B. Sowerby I, 1850) †. Accessed at: https://www.molluscabase.org/aphia.php?p=taxdetails&id=1746772 on 2025-09-11
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(of Triton simillimus G. B. Sowerby I, 1850 †) Sowerby, G. B., I. (1850). Descriptions of new species of fossil shells found by J. S. Heniker. In: Moore, J. C., On some Tertiary beds in the Island of San Domingo; from notes by J. S. Heniker, Esq., with remarks on the fossils. <em>Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London.</em> 6(1): 44-53, pls 9-10., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/36933857
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 368-369 [details]
page(s): 48 [details]
basis of record Maury, C. J. (1925). A further contribution to the paleontology of Trinidad (Miocene Horizons). <em>Bulletins of American Paleontology.</em> 10(42): 153-402, pls. 1-43., available online at https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/32509152
page(s): 368-369 [details]
